Rodbuilding Tools, Components & Supplies

We are pleased to announce that we now carry a complete line of cane rodbuilding
tools. In addition to our planing forms that set the benchmark standard of
quality in cane rodbuilding, we now offer a complete selection of high quality
hand tools along with dial indicator sets, micrometers, calipers, and ferruling
tools. Save hours of frustration searching for tools individually and receive
our assurance of quality as each of these tools has our endorsement based
on our own personal experience.

We can also be your one stop source for rodbuilding components and supplies
including ferrules, guides and tip-tops, reel seats, winding checks, silk
wrapping thread, cotton binding thread, ferrule cement and much more. Details
on all of our tools, components and supplies are listed below.

Ordering: Ordering any of our products is easy! Once you know what
you need, just email us with your
list of items (be sure to include size, style, etc. when applicable) along
with your name and shipping address.We will promptly reply with confirmation
of items in stock and will give you a total including shipping costs. We
maintain a good inventory and are generally able to process your order
immediately upon receipt. In the event any items are out-of-stock you will
be notified with an estimated delivery date.

Shipping: We are proud to offer high quality tools & components
to interested builders at competitive prices. We do not "pad" shipping charges
but rather pass along our actual costs. That is why you don't see a
specific shipping cost listed for each item! The weight and value of your
total order and your location will determine your shipping charge...plain
& simple!

We ship UPS Insured so a daytime shipping address (P.O. Box does not suffice)
should be noted with your emailed order.You can save money by providing your
business or office address (UPS charges extra for residential deliveries)
and also have the peace of mind knowing someone is there to accept and sign
for your packages. If you or your business have an account set-up with FedEx
or another carrier and prefer that we ship against that account that is fine
with us. FedEx is a convenient option for us; other carriers will be accommodated
if located nearby our shop.

Payment: We do not take credit card payments at this time, except
via PayPal. Orders (including the quoted shipping) can be paid by
personal/business checks or by money orders/cashier checks made payable to
J.D. Wagner, Inc. It is our policy to shiporders immediately
upon receipt of payment. You will be notified via email when your
items are shipped, provided a tracking number and estimated delivery date.

Special Note to International Customers: We ship
internationally via UPS only! We realize that this is more expensive
then shipping parcel post, but it is the only way to insure your package
can be sent securely and tracked as it progresses to you. We accept international
payment in the form of PayPal only, payable in US dollars. $300
minimum order required. Please email us for a quote on your order.

Ready To Order? Send us your list of items by
email now! Or you can call us at the
shop at (440) 845-4415 from 8a.m.- 8 p.m. EST/EDT.

Planing Forms

Professional quality planning forms. Designed for those seeking the utmost
in dimensional and bevel accuracy. These forms are heat-treated, stress-relieved,
and surface ground for the ultimate in accuracy. Guaranteed to work perfectly
with no tuning or tweaking necessary. 76" in length, 15 push-pull stations
on 5" centers, 1" thick x 1 1/2" wide, precision alignment pins. Bevel slope
is .001/inch and is shallow enough on the tip side to make tips smaller then
ever before possible.

We are proud that our forms are used by some of the best professional and
serious hobbyists in the world. A partial listing of users:

Don Schroeder, D.G. Schroeder Rod Company

Per Brandon

Jon Parker, Parker Rods

Mike Clark, South Creek Ltd.

John Bradford, J.A. Bradford Rod Company

Bernard Ramanauskas, Eden Cane

John Zimny, J.C. Zimny Rod Company

Chris Bogart, Shenandoah Rods

Robert Stroh, Robert Stroh Flyfishing

Steven A. Weiss, Rodmaker

Christian Strixner Rods

Nick Taransky, Taransky Rods

Chuck Neuner, Carman's River Rods

In addition, there are people involved in marketing forms that use our
forms to make their rods. We'll spare them the embarassment of
listing their names here and instead recall the words of Charles Caleb Colton
: "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery."

Don't settle for second best.

Cost is $850 plus shipping.

"I set up the forms today and I can say without exception that they are
the finest planing forms I have ever seen. This is the third set of forms
I've owned, and it is far and away the best.

I spent half of my career designing machines and tools and I can tell
you the execution of these forms is of the highest quality. The finish and
quality of the groove and surface grinding is usually reserved for jibs and
ways for precision machine movements, and the line-up and parellelism of
the two halves is dead on. It's a 76" Joe block.

Excellent product Jeff. "

Swelled Butt Planing
Forms!

This is a project we've wanted to do for years, and at customer request we've
finally got them together. For making dramatic, abrupt T&T or Heddon-style
swells! We've designed these forms so that you can make swells such as these,
or like our normal forms more gradual swells like those called for in Leonard
or Garrison tapers. Best of all, you can make any rod up to 8' 2-piece sections
with no swell at all...so there's no need for a dedicated form...these babies
do it all.

These forms are otherwise made to the same specs as our original forms that
have long set the standard in bamboo rodbuilding, except they are a full
1" thick to accomodate the larger swelled butt sections. Price is $1,050
plus shipping.

This is a picture of the first blank I planed up with this new tool, featuring
a swell of about .120 over 2"...and you can make them even bigger, if you
desire!

Another view of a couple blanks made with our new form!

New! J.D. Wagner Quad Forms!

Again at customer request, the highest quality Quad Forms available. Like
our swelled butt forms, these are made a full 1" thick to accomodate wider
quad strips, yet the tip bevels are so fine you can make quads with tips
finer then have ever been designed. We designed the forms so that each 'side'
of the quad(right and left) are seperate entities so that they are easier
to move about and set. Cost is $1,700 plus shipping. These forms were used
to build our 2003 Limited
Edition Sans-a-Bitch rod.

A view of the fine, fine tip bevels:

NEW!90 Degree Points for Setting Quad
Forms

Made from brass with standard indicator thread, these point allow you to
quickly and accurately set quad forms using a standard dial indicator. Almost
3/8" wide, so you can really crank your forms open without the point 'falling
into' the form. Cost is $15 plus shipping.

NEW! J.D. Wagner Nodeless
Scarfing Block!

Nodeless rods have become all the rage, and I developed this tool for building
a special nodeless Presentation Series rod. This tool features
an adjustable splicing angle that gives the rodbuilder a degree of control
over the splice angle. Designed to allow you to power cut a splice in 15
seconds that is ready to glue with an impeccable glue line. Available now
and cost is $170 plus shipping. Pays for itself on the first use in saved
time and elbow grease. Check out a special project that was built with this
tool, our 2003 Limited Edition
Sans-a-Bitch rod. Like all of our tools, you know they work because we
actually use our tools to build rods! Comes complete with written
and illustrated instructions, including an instruction CD.

NEW!!!!!!!!! Rod Splicing Mod!!! : Now
our nodeless splicing block is better than ever! With the new mod rodmakers
can now use it to cut splices for spliced rods. The mod set consists
of three aluminum bars of various thicknesses that serve to set the angle
and support the sections for splicing at a fixed 12:1 ratio. This mod fits
all Wagner Scarfing blocks and cuts a perfect scarf in seconds! Price is
29.50 plus shipping.

Sherline Lathes

Sherline makes a very nice, compact and well-made lathe for your turning
needs and we are proud to offer their products. We recommend the model 4400A,
which comes with all the accessories you need to get started with using a
lathe in your rodbuilding efforts. Sherline offers an economic answer to
your lathe needs.

A brilliant idea, if I do say so myself! Turn and mortise your own reel seat
spacers without threaded rod, washers and nuts and all those other time consuming
and cumbersome gizmos! Just bore your wood blank and slide it onto the mandril
and it will lock in place on the taper! Made from tool steel in two sizes
for 5/16" and 3/8" seat bores! Awesome tool! Cost is $44 each plus shipping.

NEW! Wagner Reel Seat
Turning Mandril Mortising Modification!

To be used in conjunction with our very popular reel seat turning mandrils.
This mod allows you to cut the reel seat mortise on the lathe! No routers
or router bitts or milling setups necessary, do it all in the lathe! As designed,
gives the user the option of cutting both the common 3/8" radius or a flatter
7/16" radius. Comes with complete instructions. Specify the bore size of
your mandril, 5/16" or 3/8". Introductory cost is $55 plus shipping.

NEW!Brad Point Drills

Super high quality brad point drills by FISCH(TM), razor sharp, for drilling
wood reel seat blanks. The use of a brad point drill helps eliminate drill
wander and these two are the most common bore sizes and also work with our
turning mandrils.. Cost is $5.00 plus shipping for 5/16" and $6.50 plus shipping
for 3/8".

NEW! MUST HAVE!Uncle
Bill's Sliver Gripper

These are finest tweezers I've ever used, and are a must-have for bamboo
rodmakers! Despite their modest cost, this is a surgical grade tool, invaluable
for getting out those pesky bamboo slivers. Made of spring temper stainless
steel and comes with a very nice clip that protects the tips and can be attached
to a keychain or lanyard. Get a second pair for your fly fishing vest! Best
of all: MADE IN THE USA! LOVE these things! Cost is $6.95 plus shipping.

Rubber Abrasive Blocks

Rubberized Abrasive Blocks: These little things( 2 1/2" x 1 5/8" x 3/8")
are wonderful to keep handy in the shop. They have abrasive particles
embedded in a rubber matrix and are very helpful for a variety of abrasive
tasks: light rust removal from planes, irons, and planing forms, etc. But
I get the most use out of them for metal finishing on the lathe. We carry
medium and fine grits. Cost is $11.00 each plus shipping.

The Wagner Binder

At long last, a high-quality, affordable and versatile binder that can be
used to bind in three different binding modes!

When we began building quads, learning how to broach round ferrules to square
was a major headache. Lots and lots of trial and error, and a lot of split
/ruined ferrules! Not to mention the cost of tooling up! At the request of
a number of builders, we've finally made available a complete set of ferruling
broaches.

These broaches are available as a set and are sized in 64th increments, from
8-18 64ths. They were designed so that a rodbuilder can customize them to
taste, so you can broach your own quad ferrules with corners as distinct
and well-formed as you like. Made of high quality steel, the set comes with
complete instructions which will save you much time, money and grief over
trial and error learning. Believe me, unless you can channel the ghost of
Sam Carlson for instruction, you'll greatly appreciate learning this process
the easy way. $165 + shipping.

Note: We highly recommend that you use step-down, non-serrated ferrules by
Classic Sporting Enterprises and we routinely carry a good stock of these.
We also recommend using a set of our
ferrule mandrils in
conjunction with these broaches.

Dipping Plugs

New! Soft tapered plastic plugs used in bluing
and varnishing to keep varnish and bluing solutions from entering the ferrule.
Unlike cork plugs, these do not shed dust into your finish tank and are reusable
over and over again...when the finish builds up on them you just peal it
off and it's like new. Small size fits ferrules 8-12 and large size fits
ferrules 12-17. Cost for 10 each of each size(20 total) is $7 plus postage.

Splitting Tool

A very cool tool. This hand held cane splitter works like the versions used
by Dickerson and Winston and will evenly split a predetermined number of
strips in seconds! Simply center the splitter over one end of a culm, give
the tool a light tap with a mallet to start the splits and then use the handles
to force the tool down the culm! The version shown splits 6 strips, but we
also carry versions that can split into 8 strips and 12 strips! Builders
that build nodeless rods will be especially amazed at how quickly they can
split out strips. Heavy-duty cast iron construction will last a lifetime!
Costs: 6-way splitter $52 + shipping, 8-way splitter $78 + shipping, 12-way
splitter(by special order) $172 + shipping.

Hock A2 Blades

I've long been a fan of the Hock replacement plane irons. It would have been
difficult to improve upon a blade that takes and holds such a keen edge,
but the folks at Hock have outdone themselves with their new A2 blades.
The A2 differs from their normal blades by the additon of some chromium
and molybdenum to increase toughness. In addition, each is cryogenically
treated which increases the edge-holding capability of the blade.

I was naturally skeptical until Ron Hock sent us a blade for testing and
trial evaluation. I found that instead of the usual 2-3 strips planed before
needing to resharpen, I was able to consistently get 4-6 strips finished
before going back to the sharpening stones! I don't find sharpening to be
too time consuming or troublesome, but anything that will allow me to sharpen
1/2 as often has my appreciation. In addition, a blade that normally lasts
about a year for us before wearing down to the slot will last twice as long,
so it's a better value all around! Cost is $50.00 + shipping.

The Complete Guide To Sharpening

Probably the most complete and scientific guide to shapening that you can
find at 238 pages, this book features tons of photographs(including electron
micrographs of edge formation), diagrams, and helpful hints. The author goes
into exhausting detail, and you can learn how to sharpen not only your plane
irons but also saw blades, chisels, knives, scrapers, drill bits, etc. A
complete description and overview of all of the abrasives, jigs and guides
used for sharpening. Outstanding! Cost is $22.95 + shipping.

Wood Rough-Out Forms

Used to form the first and second 60 degree grooves on rough split strips
to form a perfect equilateral triangle. Made from kiln-dried hardwood and
vary in length from 42-44". This design incorporates the best features of
both the Garrison and Cattanach plans. On both the butt and tip sides of
the form are two grooves of the same depth, one with a 30/57 degree angle
pair the second with a 60 degree angle. Simply form the first bevel using
the 30/57 groove and then flip the strip into the 60 degree groove and plane
the second angle into the strip! Instruction sheet included. Cost is $45
plus shipping.

Center Gage

Used to check angles on strips, rough measuring, as a thread gage and set-up
tool. Cost is $11 plus 1.95 shipping.

NEW! We now have in stock a punch designed
for quad builders. Same price as the hex punch!

Note: These punches function best with non-knurled winding checks such as
those made by Struble. We keep a good stock of these at $4.75 each plus shipping.
If you don't wish to make hex checks yourself, but still like the look, we
carry pre-formed hex checks by Classic Sporting Enterprises.

Dial Indicator Sets

We've added this set after numerous requests from rodbuilders that have had
difficulty finding parts that were functional, economical and compatible.
This set comes complete with an analog dial indicator with a 60-degree point,
base and an indicator standard used to calibrate the dial indicator for maximum
accuracy when setting your forms.$125 + shipping

New! A new addition for those that desire a digital
dial indicator as opposed to the analog versions shown above!

We now are offering two indespensible items needed for cane rodbuilding:
a 6" dial caliper and a 1" micrometer.

These Fowler(TM) mics are a low-cost but high quality answer to your measuring
needs. Available in two choices: mechanical digital style(above) or fully
electronic digital(not shown). The digital styles afford an instant readout
to .0001(tenths) and are recommended for those that do not know how to read
a traditional mic. All come in a nice foam-lined plastic case. Cost is $69
plus shipping for the mechanical digital model, $98 plus shipping for the
electronic digital.

A 6" dial caliper is indespensible for a variety of shop measurements. We
use this tool to get quick readings where accuracy isn't quite as vital,
as well as for comparative and inside measurements. The slide also has a
nice 6" scale, so you can get quick reading without even opening the dial.
Can also be used in some applications as a depth gage. Like the mics above,
it comes in a nice foam-lined case for protection when not in use. Easy to
read dial with white letters on a black background, 1 revolution = .100".
Cost is $46 + shipping.

Finally, a one-stop place to acquire all of the handtools needed to produce
a rod! Save time and money by purchasing from one source as well as the ability
to contact us for any help you may need as you progress. We've put together
a set of tools in 'kit' form - a Basic tool set that provides an economical
means for beginners to acquire high quality tools, and a Professional Sharpening
Kit for those looking to upgrade their kit or start with the very best available.
All of the hand tools listed are described in greater detail on the next
page and are available individually for sale.

In addition to their ferrules, we are proud to carry a number of fine Classic
Sporting Enterprises reel seats and trimmings. Besides the exemplary quality
of their work, CSE is by far the most reliable and timely supplier we have
ever dealt with. Their product line is continually expanding and we look
foward to offering new items as they become available. Stop back here often
to see their new products.

Available either individually or discounted in bulk! We carry Pac Bay snakes
and strippers in hard chrome, black chrome and black titanium oxide finishes.
We also carry bronze and black nickel finish guides and tip tops by Snake
Brand(TM) and agate stripping guides by Struble.

NOTE!: Thread tensioners are available individually
for those looking for parts to build Garrsion-style gluing binders. Cost
is $6 each + shipping.

Flexcoat Finishing Motor

I bought one of these units about 20 years ago, and it's still going strong.
This is the18 rpm model which is our preferance for rotating rods while the
wrap finish dries. High-quality American made gear motor. Equally versitile
for cane or graphite(gasp!) work. $85.00 + shipping.

Brushes

Super high quality brushes for applying varnish to wraps! Available in two
sizes, I prefer the #5. Very soft sable bristles that minimize bubbles in
the finish. Great handling and control of varnish application. Cost is $6.50
plus shipping for the #4 and $8.50 plus shipping for the #5.

Silk

We carry YLI silk in size 100 in a multitude of colors. Cost for a 200m spool
of size 100 is $5.50/spool plus shipping. We also carry Tire brand high quality
size 50 silk in 41 colors for $4.50/100 meter spool, plus shipping.

A sometimes difficult to find item, this is the 100% glace cotton thread
used to bind rod sections during the heat treating and gluing steps. Size
16/4, white in color, and supplied in 4800 yard spools. $39 + shipping.

Rolite OptiGloss Metal Polish

The product to use to polish nickle silver, brass, bronze, aluminum,
chrome and more! Perfect for cleaning tarnish from ferrules and reel seats.
Just a small dab is needed and the large 5 oz. plastic tub will last years.
$14.95 plus shipping.